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The Village of Monte San Savino in Tuscany Italy

Monte San Savino overlook the green undulated fields of the Chiana Valley from the top of its hill. The first urban settlement as origin around 1100, but a further century had to pass before Monte San Savino could be considered centre of a certain social, political and cultural importance of Tuscany in those times. Only later on, during the Renaissance epoch thanks to the Mecenas - like generosity of the Ciocchi di Monte, the most powerful local family, Monte San Savino reaches the summit of creative expansion bearing by a great number of works of art clear witness of such a fine originality and sober magnificence to be early consecrated as a suggestive and fascinating centre of art where not too much later the great sculptor Andrea Contucci, called "Sansovino", was born.

Monte San Savino unites its artistically vitality with a remarkable sense for business and commerce mainly thanks to the undertaking spirit of the members of a Jewish community who established themselves in the town in the 15th century and remained there till 1799 when they were expelled during the French occupation. During its history the little town meets with various vicissitudes: allied with Florence it is destroyed on the 11th of May 1326 by the aretine Bishop Guido Tarlati. Later on, rebuilt by the aretines themselves it must undergo the dominion of Perugia, Siena and Arezzo, and at the end, of Florence under the Medici who govern it for over two hundred years till 1737, i.e. the beginning of the Lorrain supremacy which lasts until the unification of Italy.

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